Ferox australis
@feroxaustralis.bsky.social
Ferox australis, Latin for Wild of the South, is an Australian based not-for-profit organisation aimed at engaging citizens in science globally.🌿
Learn more:
https://linktr.ee/feroxaustralis
Check out the Great Southern BioBlitz!
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Learn more:
https://linktr.ee/feroxaustralis
Check out the Great Southern BioBlitz!
linktr.ee/gsbioblitz
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🌏 Only 60 days until #GSB2026!
🌿 94 local and regional projects
🗺️ 35 countries and territories
📅 Observations: 27–30 November
Our Southern Africa coordinator Suvarna has also been flying the GSB flag high in Kenya!
Join us: buff.ly/mnOdzR0
🌿 94 local and regional projects
🗺️ 35 countries and territories
📅 Observations: 27–30 November
Our Southern Africa coordinator Suvarna has also been flying the GSB flag high in Kenya!
Join us: buff.ly/mnOdzR0
September 27, 2026 at 11:39 AM
🌏 Only 60 days until #GSB2026!
🌿 94 local and regional projects
🗺️ 35 countries and territories
📅 Observations: 27–30 November
Our Southern Africa coordinator Suvarna has also been flying the GSB flag high in Kenya!
Join us: buff.ly/mnOdzR0
🌿 94 local and regional projects
🗺️ 35 countries and territories
📅 Observations: 27–30 November
Our Southern Africa coordinator Suvarna has also been flying the GSB flag high in Kenya!
Join us: buff.ly/mnOdzR0
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Grammodes ocellata - Large-eyed Box-Owlet
These striking moths can be seen around Australia. This one was seen in a coastal area around 150km north of Perth in early September.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
These striking moths can be seen around Australia. This one was seen in a coastal area around 150km north of Perth in early September.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
September 18, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Grammodes ocellata - Large-eyed Box-Owlet
These striking moths can be seen around Australia. This one was seen in a coastal area around 150km north of Perth in early September.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
These striking moths can be seen around Australia. This one was seen in a coastal area around 150km north of Perth in early September.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
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Ardices glatignyi - Black and White Tiger Moth
The wing patterns of the Australian Black and White Tiger Moth are very variable, from nearly all white to almost all brown and many variations in between
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist #InverteFest
The wing patterns of the Australian Black and White Tiger Moth are very variable, from nearly all white to almost all brown and many variations in between
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist #InverteFest
April 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Ardices glatignyi - Black and White Tiger Moth
The wing patterns of the Australian Black and White Tiger Moth are very variable, from nearly all white to almost all brown and many variations in between
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist #InverteFest
The wing patterns of the Australian Black and White Tiger Moth are very variable, from nearly all white to almost all brown and many variations in between
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist #InverteFest
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Our friends are seeking funds for a student camp on the Samaná River, in Antioquia-Colombia. If you know or want to support this cause of The River Collective, we appreciate it. Or if you know where financial support may be available, we would be happy to hear about the possibilities as well.
May 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Our friends are seeking funds for a student camp on the Samaná River, in Antioquia-Colombia. If you know or want to support this cause of The River Collective, we appreciate it. Or if you know where financial support may be available, we would be happy to hear about the possibilities as well.
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#Utricularia minutissima from# Darwin, NT 📷 © Graham Zemunik
This tiny terrestrial #CarnivorousPlant grows in damp open areas and captures microscopic prey using tiny bladder traps. Often overlooked due to its small size.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#CarnivorousPlants #Botany #Biodiversity
This tiny terrestrial #CarnivorousPlant grows in damp open areas and captures microscopic prey using tiny bladder traps. Often overlooked due to its small size.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#CarnivorousPlants #Botany #Biodiversity
March 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM
#Utricularia minutissima from# Darwin, NT 📷 © Graham Zemunik
This tiny terrestrial #CarnivorousPlant grows in damp open areas and captures microscopic prey using tiny bladder traps. Often overlooked due to its small size.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#CarnivorousPlants #Botany #Biodiversity
This tiny terrestrial #CarnivorousPlant grows in damp open areas and captures microscopic prey using tiny bladder traps. Often overlooked due to its small size.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#CarnivorousPlants #Botany #Biodiversity
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🌿📸 #GreatSouthernBioblitz 2026 – Glenelg Hopkins
Help us record #Biodiversity across SW Victoria from Nov 27–30! Snap and upload wild plants, animals, birds, insects & fungi you see around the catchment.
In 2025 we logged 1,070 observations & 452 species, can we beat it in 2026?
#CitizenScience
Help us record #Biodiversity across SW Victoria from Nov 27–30! Snap and upload wild plants, animals, birds, insects & fungi you see around the catchment.
In 2025 we logged 1,070 observations & 452 species, can we beat it in 2026?
#CitizenScience
March 18, 2026 at 11:45 PM
🌿📸 #GreatSouthernBioblitz 2026 – Glenelg Hopkins
Help us record #Biodiversity across SW Victoria from Nov 27–30! Snap and upload wild plants, animals, birds, insects & fungi you see around the catchment.
In 2025 we logged 1,070 observations & 452 species, can we beat it in 2026?
#CitizenScience
Help us record #Biodiversity across SW Victoria from Nov 27–30! Snap and upload wild plants, animals, birds, insects & fungi you see around the catchment.
In 2025 we logged 1,070 observations & 452 species, can we beat it in 2026?
#CitizenScience
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Southern Moon Moth 'Dasypodia selenophora' recently seen by © Geoffrey Cox, #Woodcroft, SA, #Australia.
buff.ly/keuaKsm #GSBiogroup
buff.ly/keuaKsm #GSBiogroup
March 22, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Southern Moon Moth 'Dasypodia selenophora' recently seen by © Geoffrey Cox, #Woodcroft, SA, #Australia.
buff.ly/keuaKsm #GSBiogroup
buff.ly/keuaKsm #GSBiogroup
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Nature is all around us in Darwin & Palmerston!
The City Nature Challenge is a global event where people like you help document local wildlife using the free iNaturalist app.
www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
The City Nature Challenge is a global event where people like you help document local wildlife using the free iNaturalist app.
www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
March 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Nature is all around us in Darwin & Palmerston!
The City Nature Challenge is a global event where people like you help document local wildlife using the free iNaturalist app.
www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
The City Nature Challenge is a global event where people like you help document local wildlife using the free iNaturalist app.
www.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...
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Hibiscus Harlequin Bug 'Tectocoris diophthalmus' from Darwin #Australia
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#wildoz
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#wildoz
February 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Hibiscus Harlequin Bug 'Tectocoris diophthalmus' from Darwin #Australia
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#wildoz
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#wildoz
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March 1, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Australasian, European, Asian, North American and South American countries featured in the top five of this week's #BirdsSeenIn2026 worldwide challenge. A great start to this year's challenge coordinated by @tonyrinaud.bsky.social
The great shuffle continues in this week leaderboard of the #BirdsSeenIn2026 challenge!
Australia and England are still trusting the top ranks though!
Note that I messed up the signs last week so this week is wrong too. Should be back to normal next week :)
Australia and England are still trusting the top ranks though!
Note that I messed up the signs last week so this week is wrong too. Should be back to normal next week :)
February 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Australasian, European, Asian, North American and South American countries featured in the top five of this week's #BirdsSeenIn2026 worldwide challenge. A great start to this year's challenge coordinated by @tonyrinaud.bsky.social
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Welcome to the Great Southern Bioblitz 2026: Whittlesea!
Although GSB2026 is a way off it's great to see projects up early so interested group know that their area is represented and they can organise events for this year
www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/group/great-...
Although GSB2026 is a way off it's great to see projects up early so interested group know that their area is represented and they can organise events for this year
www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/group/great-...
February 15, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Welcome to the Great Southern Bioblitz 2026: Whittlesea!
Although GSB2026 is a way off it's great to see projects up early so interested group know that their area is represented and they can organise events for this year
www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/group/great-...
Although GSB2026 is a way off it's great to see projects up early so interested group know that their area is represented and they can organise events for this year
www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/group/great-...
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The new GSB Newsletter is now live!
you can access the English version here
buff.ly/pWCEwAF
Spanish
buff.ly/iKIcgda
Portuguese
buff.ly/QA7hHkT
you can access the English version here
buff.ly/pWCEwAF
Spanish
buff.ly/iKIcgda
Portuguese
buff.ly/QA7hHkT
February 15, 2026 at 3:25 AM
The new GSB Newsletter is now live!
you can access the English version here
buff.ly/pWCEwAF
Spanish
buff.ly/iKIcgda
Portuguese
buff.ly/QA7hHkT
you can access the English version here
buff.ly/pWCEwAF
Spanish
buff.ly/iKIcgda
Portuguese
buff.ly/QA7hHkT
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Host a Invertebrates Australia bug lantern and help scientists understand the Bogong moth’s vital migration: Invertebrates Australia provides training, equipment, and support, with expressions of interest due by February 22.
buff.ly/WENmzuq
buff.ly/WENmzuq
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Host a Invertebrates Australia bug lantern and help scientists understand the Bogong moth’s vital migration: Invertebrates Australia provides training, equipment, and support, with expressions of interest due by February 22.
buff.ly/WENmzuq
buff.ly/WENmzuq
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🦋 Insects were the undisputed stars of #GSB2025 🐞
Lepidoptera led the way with 20,000+ records & 4,100+ unique taxa!
Beetles, flies, bees & bugs all kinds made huge contributions .
Citizen science + expert eyes = real biodiversity insight.
📊 Full breakdown + figures here 👉 buff.ly/Dh56Una
Lepidoptera led the way with 20,000+ records & 4,100+ unique taxa!
Beetles, flies, bees & bugs all kinds made huge contributions .
Citizen science + expert eyes = real biodiversity insight.
📊 Full breakdown + figures here 👉 buff.ly/Dh56Una
January 31, 2026 at 3:22 AM
🦋 Insects were the undisputed stars of #GSB2025 🐞
Lepidoptera led the way with 20,000+ records & 4,100+ unique taxa!
Beetles, flies, bees & bugs all kinds made huge contributions .
Citizen science + expert eyes = real biodiversity insight.
📊 Full breakdown + figures here 👉 buff.ly/Dh56Una
Lepidoptera led the way with 20,000+ records & 4,100+ unique taxa!
Beetles, flies, bees & bugs all kinds made huge contributions .
Citizen science + expert eyes = real biodiversity insight.
📊 Full breakdown + figures here 👉 buff.ly/Dh56Una
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🌿🦋 Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 – Part 2 is live!
Dive into the taxonomic patterns behind the data, from plants and insects to birds and beyond. See how observations were distributed across kingdoms, classes, and orders.
buff.ly/Dh56Una
#GSB2025
Dive into the taxonomic patterns behind the data, from plants and insects to birds and beyond. See how observations were distributed across kingdoms, classes, and orders.
buff.ly/Dh56Una
#GSB2025
January 26, 2026 at 10:39 AM
🌿🦋 Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 – Part 2 is live!
Dive into the taxonomic patterns behind the data, from plants and insects to birds and beyond. See how observations were distributed across kingdoms, classes, and orders.
buff.ly/Dh56Una
#GSB2025
Dive into the taxonomic patterns behind the data, from plants and insects to birds and beyond. See how observations were distributed across kingdoms, classes, and orders.
buff.ly/Dh56Una
#GSB2025
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Great Southern Bioblitz 2025 project was featured in this Naturalists’ World video youtu.be/CZkOl7UQMI4
iNaturalist, eBird, Audubon | 2025 in Review
YouTube video by Naturalists' World
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January 8, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Great Southern Bioblitz 2025 project was featured in this Naturalists’ World video youtu.be/CZkOl7UQMI4
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Heliotrope Moth 'Utetheisa pulchelloides' from the family home in Adelaide.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
January 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Heliotrope Moth 'Utetheisa pulchelloides' from the family home in Adelaide.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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#GSB2025 – by the numbers 🌱🐦🦋
📸 282,261 records
🧬 37,550 unique taxa
👥 9,993 observers
Since 2020, observations ~ quadrupled and taxa ~doubled.
Growing power of #CitizenScience across the Southern Hemisphere.
Thank you to everyone who took part! 🙌
Learn more
buff.ly/zUVBk2a
#Biodiversity
📸 282,261 records
🧬 37,550 unique taxa
👥 9,993 observers
Since 2020, observations ~ quadrupled and taxa ~doubled.
Growing power of #CitizenScience across the Southern Hemisphere.
Thank you to everyone who took part! 🙌
Learn more
buff.ly/zUVBk2a
#Biodiversity
January 23, 2026 at 3:51 AM
#GSB2025 – by the numbers 🌱🐦🦋
📸 282,261 records
🧬 37,550 unique taxa
👥 9,993 observers
Since 2020, observations ~ quadrupled and taxa ~doubled.
Growing power of #CitizenScience across the Southern Hemisphere.
Thank you to everyone who took part! 🙌
Learn more
buff.ly/zUVBk2a
#Biodiversity
📸 282,261 records
🧬 37,550 unique taxa
👥 9,993 observers
Since 2020, observations ~ quadrupled and taxa ~doubled.
Growing power of #CitizenScience across the Southern Hemisphere.
Thank you to everyone who took part! 🙌
Learn more
buff.ly/zUVBk2a
#Biodiversity
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A new moth observation for our Perth Hills garden from mid-January.
A Voliba sp. moth (I think). There are only a handful of observations of this genus on #inaturalist in Western Australia, all of which are further north in the State.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera
A Voliba sp. moth (I think). There are only a handful of observations of this genus on #inaturalist in Western Australia, all of which are further north in the State.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 AM
A new moth observation for our Perth Hills garden from mid-January.
A Voliba sp. moth (I think). There are only a handful of observations of this genus on #inaturalist in Western Australia, all of which are further north in the State.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera
A Voliba sp. moth (I think). There are only a handful of observations of this genus on #inaturalist in Western Australia, all of which are further north in the State.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera
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The #GSB2025 produced this first record of 'Piyuma prosopoides' in Sydney by Zichen Wang (@zichen1), a species not often recorded.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Piyuma prosopoides
Piyuma prosopoides from Sydney NSW, Australia on October 25, 2025 at 09:01 PM by Zichen Wang
www.inaturalist.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The #GSB2025 produced this first record of 'Piyuma prosopoides' in Sydney by Zichen Wang (@zichen1), a species not often recorded.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Hoary-headed Grebe 'Poliocephalus poliocephalus' spotted in Adelaide, Australia early in the new year.
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #aves #wildoz
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #aves #wildoz
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
January 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Hoary-headed Grebe 'Poliocephalus poliocephalus' spotted in Adelaide, Australia early in the new year.
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #aves #wildoz
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #aves #wildoz
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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For those in Australia the "Vic Fazio III Moth Marathon" is back on again for another year, starting on Friday, 16th January, 2026. Over a 10 day period (January 16, 2026 - January 25, 2026)
www.inaturalist.org/projects/202...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/202...
2026 Moth Marathon in Memory of Victor Fazio III
This is the fourth year of running the moth project in memory of Victor Fazio III. Starting on Friday, 16th January, 2026 we will start exploring this biodiverse group with a ten day marathon. We welc...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:51 AM
For those in Australia the "Vic Fazio III Moth Marathon" is back on again for another year, starting on Friday, 16th January, 2026. Over a 10 day period (January 16, 2026 - January 25, 2026)
www.inaturalist.org/projects/202...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/202...
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I am guessing this Lesser Frigatebird 'Fregata ariel' came to Lee Point, to shelter from cyclone Fina.
This is the first Frigatebird I have recorded, lucky to get a shot as i heard a noise and turned around to see it.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz #aves
This is the first Frigatebird I have recorded, lucky to get a shot as i heard a noise and turned around to see it.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz #aves
November 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I am guessing this Lesser Frigatebird 'Fregata ariel' came to Lee Point, to shelter from cyclone Fina.
This is the first Frigatebird I have recorded, lucky to get a shot as i heard a noise and turned around to see it.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz #aves
This is the first Frigatebird I have recorded, lucky to get a shot as i heard a noise and turned around to see it.
#BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildoz #aves
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Little Black Cormorant 'Phalacrocorax sulcirostris' seen in Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia. Seen during the #HomeRiverBioblitz
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#BirdsSeenIn2025
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#BirdsSeenIn2025
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Little Black Cormorant 'Phalacrocorax sulcirostris' seen in Rapid Creek, Darwin, Australia. Seen during the #HomeRiverBioblitz
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#BirdsSeenIn2025
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#BirdsSeenIn2025